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The Russian First Division is the second level of Russian professional football. The division is run by Russian Professional Football League.

The First division consists of 20 clubs. After each season two top clubs are promoted to the Premier League, and bottom five clubs are relegated to the Second Division.

[edit] History

Due to the collapse of the Soviet Union, all Russian clubs of the former Soviet Premier Division and Soviet First Division conformed a single Russian Top Division, which meant that the new second tier of Russian football would remain regionalized. For the first two seasons three regional groups conformed the second tier, until in 1994 the single table in use today began to be used.

[edit] Winners

Season	Winners	Also promoted
1992	Zhemchuzhina Sochi (West), KAMAZ Naberezhnye Chelny (Centre), Luch Vladivostok (East)	-
1993	Chernomorets Novorossiysk (West, not promoted), Lada Togliatti (Centre), Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen (East)	-
1994	Chernomorets Novorossiysk	Rostselmash Rostov-on-Don
1995	Baltika Kaliningrad	Lada Togliatti, Zenit Saint Petersburg
1996	Dinamo-Gazovik Tyumen	Shinnik Yaroslavl, Fakel Voronezh
1997	Uralan Elista	-
1998	Saturn Ramenskoe	Lokomotiv Nizhniy Novgorod
1999	Anzhi Makhachkala	Fakel Voronezh
2000	Sokol Saratov	Torpedo-ZIL Moscow
2001	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Uralan Elista
2002	Rubin Kazan	Chernomorets Novorossiysk
2003	Amkar Perm	Kuban Krasnodar
2004	Terek Grozny	Tom' Tomsk
2005	Luch-Energia Vladivostok	Spartak Nalchik
2006	Khimki	Kuban Krasnodar
2007	Shinnik Yaroslavl	Terek Grozny
2008	FC Rostov	Kuban Krasnodar
2009	FC Anzhi Makhachkala	FC Sibir Novosibirsk

[edit] See also

Sports league attendances

[edit] External links

(Russian) Professional Football League official website

Contents

[edit] History

[edit] Winners

[edit] See also

[edit] External links